Tuesday, July 28, 2009

"28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.30 Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall;31 but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."Isaiah 40:28-31

Monday, July 27, 2009

I saw this at Canton (a huge flea market near here) and thought it would be neat for a dining room table. How fun would it be to store cloth napkins and silverware in those drawers? I didn't like the chairs and it wasn't in all that great a condition and the price wasn't quite right, but wouldn't something like this be great for a table?

What is your "dream dining room table"? Have you found a great dining room table secondhand or turned something you've found "junking" into a dining table?

Friday, July 24, 2009

The other day I mentioned a wonderful afternoon and evening cooking and eating with friends.

I wanted to share a little more about it.

We have a Bible study on Tuesday nights and having the summers off as a teacher and school librarian, Brenda and I took the opportunity to get together and fix dinner and invite everyone over before the study so we could hang out and talk more.

This week we decided to have salad, English muffin pizzas and a flourless chocolate cake.

and of course that great dessert which we unfortunately forgot to take a picture of! oh! And, even when I intend to take group photos when people come over I more often that not forget! I get caught up in everyone being over and hanging out and it escapes my mind. Do you take photos with friends over? How do you remember to do it? Put your camera in the middle of the dinner table? :)

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Am I the only one who sometimes takes thing for granted and forgets to be thankful for everything God has so richly blessed me with in my life?

I just had one of those moments of remembering, of pausing to be truly thankful for something that may seem silly to put on a blog, but I am truly thankful to own a dishwasher.

I am on my second load of the day.

Don't you agree that a big mess of dishes pretty much always represents good times??

I know it does in this case. A wonderful afternoon and evening yesterday of time spent with GOOD friends, laughter, sharing, encouragement, spiritual lessons and fun!

Thank You, God for blessing me RICHLY. Thank you for the convenience of having a dishwasher, thank You for showing me Yourself through my relationships with these wonderful women, thank You for blessing us with a church where we can have friends, mentors, spiritual growth and encouragement and thank You for giving us more than enough to eat and enjoy. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

What are you thankful for today? I would love to hear. Kelly

p.s. if you're local and you're reading this and you'd like to be part of our Tuesday night Bible study, PLEASE don't feel like it's an exclusive club! It's not at all, let me know if you'd like more info. Kelly

Monday, July 20, 2009

I have been taking advantage of my time off this summer to shop at garage sales, thrift stores and estate sales. It has been a lot of fun to "treasure hunt".

Some of my finds are the box of Pottery Barn "faux snow" which I will use in Christmas decorating and displays and the heirloom white spray paint that I read about DIY-ers using all over blogland. I have already used some to paint a picture frame bought at another estate sale.

I am also excited about these dominos that I was able to pick up at a yard sale.

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

This morning I am taking advantage of less than 1oo degrees outside yet to get some painting done. (sidenote: what makes spray paint bubble up sometimes and how do you keep that from happening and if it's already happened is there anything do be done about it? Thanks!)

I picked up this piece to paint.

As I was cleaning it I saw a square mark on the bottom where it wasn't stained. Something had attached to it before.

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

so far I've made a return, a Wal-mart run, gone on a treasure hunt at Goodwill and had a fun lunch out with my husband. It was a *little* cooler this morning but I'm glad to be in the ac now. Your ideas for keeping cool are good, keep 'em coming. :)

So at Goodwill I got several treasures including the ones in the photos above and below. I am planning to frame the fork a la Nester. My mind is percolating with ideas for the top items. What would YOU do with them?

Monday, July 13, 2009

where the last stop of our mammoth road trip was and where I spent my birthday?

this cutie was in on all the action

sweet sisters sharing dunkin' donuts and iced coffees

(um, note this was our mid-morning snack AFTER my sweet brother made breakfast for us all including toast smothered in the huckleberry jam they brought back from their trip to Montana)

we all garage sale shopped together

Caleb got a pirate hat

and I don't have a picture of it, but a sweet 90 year old lady named Bernice prayed over me while we were shopping at her garage sale! She didn't even know it was my birthday. It was amazing and precious and a treasured experience.